A couple of days ago, I linked to a site which had been located in a search engine by someone seeking the words "richard clarke communist party". The proprietor of that site suggested that "perhaps in another few days enough bullshit will be thrown up on the internet to satisfy him/her."

Matt Drudge , the insinuating skidmark on America's body politic, has come up with an "exclusive" that will blow your socks off. Turns out, this Richard Clarke guy who's been mouthing off about the President expects to make money off a book he wrote. Man, that's one evil bastard. Imagine writing a book and then expecting to get paid for it. Shit. What kind of capitalist hellhole is America becoming anyway?

And this isn't the first attempt to locate black motives behind Clarke's criticisms of the Bush administration. Now it turns out that some of the relatives of 9/11 victims are choking with fury over Clarke's "profiteering" from their tragedy. These critics rail against Clarke for having "politicised" the 9/11 commission and "further dividing the country" - "with the presidential election less than eight months away" moreover.

Is it just possible that there is, maybe an agenda behind this? Of course not! How dare I? Who the hell do I think I am?